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RESULTS
Young Guns battle it out to show they can play with the Pros! Our Second VGT Spring Series Event was successfully contested over fair skies and perfect spring-like conditions at the Squamish Valley Golf Club today. With 25 professionals and 13 elite amateurs and juniors registered, VGT crowned Canadian Tour Professional Lindsay Bernakevitch as its second winner in their 15 tournament schedule. As fate would have it, Bernakevitch was a default entrant into the event as the US Pro Tour Event was cancelled due to funding problems. This didn’t stop him from coming home a few days early and shooting a winning score of 67. His five under total was only one shot clear of Fraserview Professional Dan Swanson and amateur Brandan Price of Vancouver. Seems like VGT’s mission statement is holding true, as two of the top four golfers in the field were young amateur golfers, who clearly showed they can play up against our top BC Professionals. Not bad considering 16 out of the 38 golfers registered shot even par or better on the day!
VGT’s next two event get underway this weekend at the BC Match Play Team Championship Qualifying and Monday, April 9th at Furry Creek. The BC Match Play Qualifier is being staged at Meadow Gardens this Saturday and McCleery Golf Course and Ledgeview Golf Club on Sunday. The top 32 teams will qualify to play in the Match Play Draw which gets underway Sunday, April 8th at Royalwood Golf Course. After the first two VGT events, Professional Matt Palsenbarg leads the Order of Merit Title with 700 points, a mere 5 points ahead of former Canadian Tour Professional Phil Jonas. The year-ending Order of Merit Winner will earn a paid entry down to PGA Tour Qualifying School in the fall. Elite amateurs with handicaps of 0-10 are welcome to join membership in VGT and corporate golfers with BCGA handicaps of 0-36 can come out and play a series of Corporate ‘Pro-am’ Team Events throughout the year. Sincerely,
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